19. John Coltrane: Mr. P.C.

Artist: John Coltrane
Title: Mr. P.C.
Album: Giant Steps
Year Released: 1959
Record Label: Atlantic
Catalog #: 1311









When a jazz musician is asked what the hardest piece to play is, the response is almost always John Coltrane's "Giant Steps". The song modulates in a way only Coltrane could dream of. In addition, the whole record is played at a blisteringly fast pace. On the album is also "Mr. P.C.", a straight forward minor twelve bar blues. Even on the record that facilitated the change from bebop jazz to modal jazz, there exists a twelve bar blues, accentuating just how influential this progression is.